INTSO EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD(MTSO) 2015 - 2016

STAGE - 1 TIME : 60 min.
CLASS : VI Max. Marks : 50

Instructions:
= Fill the OMR sheet completely and carefully.
= Each question carries one mark and has only one correct answer. No negative marks
= The question paper contains 50 questions to be answered in 60 minutes.

1. If a = (–1) × (–1) × (–1) ........ 100 times and b = (–1) × (–1) × (–1) × ........ 95 times,
then a + b = [ ]
1) –1 2) –2 3) 0 4) 1
2. The value of 22015+22015+.... +22015(256 terms) divided by 22015 is [ ]
1) 256 2) 273 3) 22015 4) 2015
3. The modulus of an integer x is '9' then [ ]
1) x = 9 only 2) x = –9 only 3) x = ± 9 4) none of these

1 1 1
4. How many possible solutions for integers x and y such that + = [ ]
x y 2
1) 4 2) 3 3) 2 4) 5

3 1
5. Sugar is sold at RS 17 per kg . Then the cost of 8 kg of a sugar. [ ]
4 2
7 7 8 8
1)< 150 2)< 140 3) < 150 4) < 140
8 8 7 7
6. If x is a natural number then x + ( x + 1) + ( x + 2) + ( x + 3) + ............. + ( x + 2006) is always
divisible by [ ]
1) 2006 2) 2007 3) 2004 4) 2005

3
7. A car runs 16km using 1litre petrol . How much distance will it cover using 2 litres of petrol
4
1) 46 km 2) 45 km 3) 44 km 4) 40 km [ ]

5 2
8. The product of two numbers is 20 . If one of the numbers is 6 then the other number is
7 3
4 3 3 3
1) 3 2) 3 3) 4 4) 4 [ ]
27 28 28 28
9. Which of the following fractions more than one third. [ ]
23 205 26 118
1) 2) 3) 4)
70 819 75 335
10. The perimeter of the triangle is 24cm and the sides are 8cm, 9cm, xcm then x = [ ]
1) 6cm 2) 5cm 3) 7cm 4) 8cm

www.intso.co.in 1
11. If the product of thedigits of a 4 digit number is 75, the sum of the digits of the number is
1) 12 2) 13 3) 14 4) 15 [ ]

12. In fig AB 2 CD and EF is a transversel intersecting AB and CD at P and Q respectively then the
measure of ∠DQPis E [ ]
1) 65° 5x-10°
A B
P
2) 115°
3x-10°
3) 125° C Q D
4) 75°
F
200 300
13. The largest positive integer 'n' for which n < 6 is [ ]
1) 12 2) 13 3) 17 4) 14
14. Each exterior angle in Equilateral triangle is ? [ ]
1) 120° 2) 80° 3) 60° 4) 55°
15. The sum of an angle and half of its complimentary angle is 75° [ ]
1) 40° 2) 50° 3) 60° 4) 80°
16. Two supplementary angles are in the ratio 3 : 2. The smaller angle Measure is [ ]
1) 108° 2) 81° 3) 72° 4) 68°
17. In the Adjoining figure EF = EC . Find the value of x. [ ]
1)18° A
2) 36° x° E
3) 30° x°
4) 26° x° x°
B F C
18. The measure of an angle 360° is called [ ]
1) Reflex angle 2) Zero angle 3) Complete angle 4) Right angle
19. The angles of a linear pair are equal then the measure of each angle is [ ]
1) 30° 2) 45° 3) 60° 4) 90°
20. If all the diagonals of a regular hexagon are drawn, then number of points of intersection not
counting the corners of hexagon is [ ]
1) 6 2) 13 3) 7 4) 12
21. In a triangle ΔABC ∠B = 75° , ∠C = 35° then measure of ∠A = [ ]
1) 60° 2) 70° 3) 80° 4) 90°
a
⎛ 1 1⎞
22. What is the value of ⎜ + ⎟ .If a = 2, b = 3 [ ]
⎝ a b⎠

36 25 9 8
1) 2) 3) 4)
25 36 4 9
23. The value of n if 5n–2 ×32n–3 = 135 [ ]
1) 3 2) 4 3) 6 4) 5
24. If 25n–1+100 = 52n–1 then the value of n is [ ]
1) 3 2) 4 3) 2 4) 5

www.intso.co.in 2
 {( x ) }
c
a b

=
25. If abc = 0 then
{( x ) } [ ]
a
b c

1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 1
26. If x = 1, y = –2, z = 3 then the value of x3 +y3 + z3 – 3xyz is [ ]
1) 38 2) 40 3) 28 4) 35
27. If a and b are respectively the sum and product of coefficients of terms in the expression
x2 + y2 + z2 – xy – yz – zx then a + 2b = [ ]
1) 0 2) 2 3) –2 4) 3
28. What should be added to xy + yz + zx to get –xy – yz – zx ? [ ]
1) –2xy – 2yz – 2zx 2) –3xy – yz – zx 3) –3xy – 3yz – 3zx 4) 2xy + 2yz + 2zx
29. If 16(3x–5) –10(4x–8) = 40 then [ ]
1) x = 4 2) x = 3 3) x = 5 4) x = 7
30. If 0.3x + 0.4 = 0.28x+ 1.16 then [ ]
1) x = 40 2) x = 0.4 3) x = 38 4) x = 3.8
31. The 25th term in the sequence (1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 5), (4, 7), (5, 11), (6, 13) ----- is [ ]
1) (25,47) 2) (25,49) 3) (25,37) 4) (25,97)
32. The difference between two numbers is 7,6 times the smaller plus the larger is 77 then the numbers
1) 9 ,16 2) 10,17 3) 11,18 4) 12,19 [ ]
33. The perimeter of a rectangular sheet is 100cm . If the length is 35cm then its breadth is [ ]
1) 10cm 2) 15cm 3) 5cm 4) 8cm
34. The area of rectangular plot if one side of which is 48m and length of its diagonal is 50m
1) 672 M2 2) 572M2 3) 500M2 4) 762M2 [ ]
35. The base of a parallelogram is thrice its height. If the area is 867 cm2 then the base and height of
the parallelogram are [ ]
1) 42cm 14 cm 2) 45cm, 15cm 3) 48cm, 16cm 4) 51cm,17cm
36. In the Adjoining figure ΔABC is rightangled at 'B' and CD = CL and AM = AD then ∠MDL =
1) 45° A [ ]
2) 55°
D
3) 65°
M 90°
4) 60° L
B C
37. The area of an equilateral triangle having each side 4cm [ ]
1) 2 3cm 2 2) 4 3cm 2 3) 3 3cm 2 4) 6 3cm 2

38. A piece of wire of length 12cm is bent to form a square. The area of square is [ ]
1) 36 cm2 2) 144 cm2 3) 9 cm2 4) 12 cm2
39. The diameter of a circle whose circumference is 132cm [ ]
22
1) 32 cm 2) 22 cm 3) cm 4) 42 cm
7

www.intso.co.in 3
40. The diameter of the wheel of a car is 77 cm then how many revolutions will it make to travel
121 k.m. [ ]
1) 2000 revolutions 2) 3000 revolutions 3) 5000 revolutions 4) 4000 revolutions
41. If A is the area and C is the circumference of a circle, then its radius is [ ]
A 2A 3A 4A
1) 2) 3) 4)
C C C C

42. 21y 5 is a multiple of 9 where Y is a digit then the value of y [ ]

1) 2 2) 1 3) 10 4) 19
43. Three different integers have a sum '1' and product '36' then [ ]
1) Certainly all of them positive 2) Only one is negative
3) Exactly two of them are negative 4) All the three are negative

44. If ab, ba are two digited numbers then ab + ba is always divisible by [ ]

1) 9 2) 8 3) 7 4) 11
45. Nandita got an average mark 85 in her first 8 tests and average 81 for the first 9 tests then her mark
in 9th test is [ ]
1) 45 2) 40 3) 49 4) 50
2004
⎛ 1⎞
46. The last digit in the finite decimal representation of the number ⎜ ⎟ is [ ]
⎝ 5⎠
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8
47. If ratio of two natural numbers 7 : 9 . If each number is decreased by 2 the ratio becomes 3 : 4. The
sum of two numbers is [ ]
1) 23 2) 32 3) 48 4) 12
48. What is the first digit of the smallest number whose sum of the digits is 2007? [ ]
1) 9 2) 8 3) 3 4) 2
49. If 981547 is divided by 5 then the remainder is [ ]
1) 4 2) 3 3) 0 4) 2
50. The digits of the year 2000 add up to 2 .In how many years has this happened since the year '1' till
this year 2004 [ ]
1) 3 2) 6 3) 9 4) 10

www.intso.co.in 4